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this is part that I haven't told the doctors how about final 30 I gave him a dose though 50 milligrams of insulin
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non-diabetic I believe he died the next day this was the moment detectives realized 50-year-old Elizabeth
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wettlaufer a seemingly innocent nurse was actually the secret cause for multiple deaths on the 11th of August
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Jamie silcox a dementia patient was found dead in his bed at caressent Care nursing home with an autopsy coming up
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with nothing his death was ruled as natural causes but over the next few years the same nursing home discovered
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patient after patient had died under the exact same circumstances for eight years
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the cause was a complete mystery to police and doctors alike until September 2016 when Elizabeth wentlover turned
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herself in to reveal the horrifying truth behind these mysterious deaths Liz turned herself in at a mental health
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clinic who promptly contacted police hours later Liz was brought into the interrogation room so I just want to go
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through like I said a couple formalities cover a few little things off if you wish to speak to a lawyer at any
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time we can make it happen whenever you like the interrogation starts with Liz being
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read her rights Liz has the right to a lawyer and the right to remain silent however it's looking doubtful she'll be
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exercising either of these rides as her detective asks a few questions to get to
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know her what three what was your addiction so I would usually get a hold of by stealing that from the patient Liz
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worked as a nursing home worker and had access to all her patients medicine for years Liz had been stealing a drug named
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Hydromorphone a strong painkiller similar to the likes of morphine and using it secretly to deal with stress
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but it turns out addiction wasn't the only mental issue she was dealing with so as far as related position Acts
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[Music] when my ex and I broke up in 2007. I was already taking the medication for my
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my borderline personality disorder and I was so angry and it was like a voice set
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inside me I'll use you don't worry about it Liz has struggled with borderline personality disorder for years and took
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medication to try and suppress it this meant she hadn't let it defect her much at least not until 2007 where this would
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change in a horrifying way the detective then decides to ramp up the pressure and
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the interrogation quickly turns from an interrogation to a confession this year you're working at double shift
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from 307 right 3 P.M to 7am in Woodstock yes okay and tell me about your your knowledge of James and your daily
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interactions during a shift with him um I didn't see him every time he wasn't always my patient I just knew from what
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uh people had said that he would grab the dinner since the process was about Aesthetics and he would say horribly an
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appropriate thing so that his wife that now he was there you know this would say
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different things and he did touch me and appropriately once Jamie silcox was an 84 year old veteran with dementia being
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cared for by Liz and the team but one evening care would turn to Carnage as Liz began to fill with rage and made a
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choice that would change the course of her life forever 50 milligrams or non-diabetic and gay men is one shot
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throughout the night he was yelling at I love you and I'm sorry yes not to not to
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me but just because here I'm falling out in this room and that's what he was filing out and then the 330 the psw's
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community says that he was gone the doctor came in and said Chicago death was from an embolism due to his close
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tip he'd have a he had cancer surgery insulin overdoses occur when someone takes more insulin than they need
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regardless of if they're diabetic or not too much insulin will dramatically lower
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the body's blood sugar level which can cause dizziness loss of consciousness and of course death what's more
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concerning though is how difficult it can be to identify it as the cause of death and even in cases where it is
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identified it's very difficult to prove it was an overdose of insulin that caused it in the first place this wasn't
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even the first time she'd attempted this either in 2007 she administered two other inordinate doses of insulin but
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they failed to kill the patients but while this was the first time she was successful it was far from the last
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Maurice [Music] sometimes a pain from the Mind see at that time I wasn't I didn't have a set
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floor that I worked on I worked on all the different floors of the nurse that I've been filling in
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so uh one afternoon I was working with him and he did ground me and again I got that feeling inside that
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this is time to go so I gave him an overdose the next one after supper and I believe she died the next day and what
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was his reaction to receiving anything this one again it was just kind of like oh okay I just said the doctor wanted to
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have a Vitamin Shoppe that's what I usually say Liz had now begun to refine her method telling the
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victim it was just a vitamin shot and had even hinted towards a motive and this is his time to go each time she
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thought about killing somebody she felt a deep intense feeling in her stomach that implied God wanted that person back
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and that their time was up and the different times that I have caused people's gaps their costume just
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comforted through the um I believe it was the influence of that voice and whatever it was it wasn't a
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voice in my head it was the voices here so but yeah I just had a sense after my marriage broke up that God has been able
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to use me for something and then after a while I started to really wonder after some of the murders because his daughter
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if it was the devil fool in me did you feel like you're doing the right thing for these people no
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no I felt like I was doing what I was supposed to do but it wasn't welcome Drake for them
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while people with BPD can often exhibit impulsive behavior and Disturbed patterns of thinking it's uncommon for
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patients to be affected the way Liz was many BPD patients may experience brief or prolonged episodes of strange
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experiences such as hearing voices and feeling compelled to harm themselves or others but it's exceedingly rare for
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them to act on them it's likely her behavior was owing more to the anti-social personality disorder she was
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diagnosed with later on those affected with aspd are often observed to have a severe disregard for the law and the
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feelings of others they also often find it harder to control their anger and refuse to let other people stand in the
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way of their Reckless Behavior neither one of these conditions are solely responsible for Liz's Behavior it was
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likely a combination of the two that planted the idea in her mind and then allowed her to go through with it with
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Little Resistance so glad so it takes us to November of 2011 at Crescent care says you're Gladys was a
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type 2 diabetic and had dementia how long do you think about this one 92 92. tell me a little bit about glass
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what is this well when I first started caring for her she was walking and talking and she had
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quite the spirit um she wants she once punched a man the nurse is telling one of the
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gentleman no you can't push your wife around you have to come with us and she turned around and she said you can't
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treat this woman like him like that boom and he's a man and it's the man so then we're all in a state of trying
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to keep them from fighting with each other and trying to keep them from hurting us right yeah she was just
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curious amount of people but she went down down now it's fast did she it actually
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um she was she had um dementia didn't take her pills well didn't he well a very stubborn woman
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and uh there's always one evening I just got that red surging feeling that she was going to be gone
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and um gave her insulin overdose did you ever get that feeling outside of work no
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it's never no did you ever get that feeling going to work knowing that something was gonna happen that [ __ ] now
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it's happening at work anybody reviews the phrase spur of the moment would it be something that you
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would just have that feeling come on or yeah for his moment but it would it usually
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start happening you know focused on one patients and then this I would feel that
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red surgeon which is what made me think it was God which I am so embarrassed like I said
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I'm not here to judge you right now one of the most strange things about Liz is how casual she is throughout the entire
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confession not only is she happy to tell the detectives all the details she can remember about the murders themselves
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but also laughs and tells stories about the victims the entire time however she also admits to feeling embarrassed about
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thinking the feeling was God showing that she feels as though she has a strong Personal Image to uphold but has
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a complete lack of remorse for her victims this thought process is indicative of a sociopath but no
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personality tests or analyzes have ever reinforced this idea September or October of seven yeah and then Helen was
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2011. yeah how would I not remembering all of that she's very quiet very determined to seemed to be waiting to
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die feeling that you know this and so on and um I made a bit of a fuss about it that
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night because she was very lucid and we talked about how much should I feel very high in ice cream so I'm on my
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break I went to Walmart I got a small blueberry pie it's an ice cream it's been brought into our enchanteria for
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like and then that night I overdonester foreign [Music] as well as the feeling in her stomach
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before the murder Liz also mentions feeling as though there's laughing coming from her chest given that it
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happens both as she's administering the dose and after she hears the victim is dead this feeling is likely just an
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exaggerated feeling of gratification from knowing that her job has been completed psychopaths are thought to
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have a severe case of aspd and Studies have shown that Psychopaths also have a much stronger reaction to immediate
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gratification this is what compels Psychopaths to make more impulsive decisions as they value the reward more
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than an unaffected person and it's possible this just manifests in Liz as a more physical manner than usual causing
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the almost euphoric laughing sensation no there is no okay make a difference if they were diabetic
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or not a diabetic yeah you don't say a lot of negative things about how long you're did you get along with her okay
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would she never do anything to to harm you or no no she was very quiet it was just I got that feeling nothing yeah
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it's just next to your time so Liz had no problems with Helen and even went out of her way to get her favorite food
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before killing her this creates a strange Dynamic where she obviously feels some form of remorse both before
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and after the murder but still goes through with it without hesitation but of course the biggest show of remorse
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was when she decided to turn herself in in the first place something that's understandable for a neurotypical person
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who's committed maybe one or two crimes but almost completely unheard of when it
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comes to serial killers who have operated over the span of multiple years she stated that she does understand the
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difference between right and wrong and never claims to take pleasure from the murders saying that she felt terrible
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after every single one and even tried to reach out for help on a few occasions does it feel like a weight off your
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shoulders yes you think during a burden for quite some time and I apparently could help
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yeah well sometimes it takes a few attempts to to finally commit to it right yeah I had a
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pastor that I told me pray don't worry and told me I'd be fine and that was God's grace and then when
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was that that was uh Halloween 2013. and you you haven't understood what had happened to your to you to that
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point in your life with yes people like these people yeah and where was that that was here in town
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Liz then went on to confess to eight murders in total as well as attempting it on six more people some within just
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days of each other she'd given in to the urges for eight years in total all the while knowing what she did was wrong and
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frankly disgusting it took her until 2016 to finally head to a mental health and addiction
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Institute to confess and write up the four page documents the detective has been reading from okay
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um we're gonna wrap things up but here's what here's what's going to happen Okay
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and part of this is going to be up to you um what are your plans going forward I want to go home okay I want to have a
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good night's sleep okay I want to spend uh Thanksgiving weekend with my family and I want to be available to the police
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at any time to meet me and if I have to come back for a trial I have to come back for trial unfortunately
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Thanksgiving with her family is far from where she was heading instead she was formally charged with eight counts of
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murder four counts of attempted murder and two counts of aggravated assaults in 2017 she waived her right to a
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preliminary hearing and confessed in court to all challenges on the 26th of June 2016 Elizabeth wetlaufer was
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sentenced to eight consecutive life sentences in shorting the only good night's sleep she'll be getting for the
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rest of her life will be behind bars